After 15 Years and 92,000 Asbestos-Related Deaths, Still No Ban
Mesothelioma was first recorded by the World Health Organization in 1994, but extensive demographic pictures just recently have emerged about the deadly disease. And to no one’s surprise, the...
View Article13 Years After a Ban, the UK Continues to Fight the Effects of Exposure to...
With the rise and fall of the asbestos industry in Canada making headlines recently, it’d be easy for some to think that the global asbestos problem could immediately be solved with a ban. It sure...
View ArticleCleaning Up New Jersey’s Asbestos Problem
The removal and disposal of asbestos used as a building material is a dangerous, expensive and highly technical process. Contractors who work with the deadly substance usually need to hold a license...
View ArticleAsbestos is Big Business Abroad
Today, the United States processes more than 2,200 metric tons of deadly asbestos materials each year. In our opinion, that’s 2,200 metric tons too many, even though it is a significant drop compared...
View ArticleAsbestos Found in School Science Kits
We all know that schools use equipment that is old, dated or even expired on occasion. This can include old textbooks, course materials or even laboratory equipment. Before we knew of the dangers...
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Asbestos Trust Funds Scrutinized by Republicans in Congress
Asbestos Imagine a hammock that more and more people keep piling into without anybody getting out. The weight would quickly become too burdensome to bear and, sagging with a tangle of limbs and torsos,...
View ArticleMesothelioma New Science Series
In honor of National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, we’re launching a three-part blog series highlighting the newest scientific research regarding mesothelioma. New science has emerged in the last two...
View ArticleNew Science Part Two Mesothelioma Biomarkers
Because mesothelioma is typically diagnosed at an advanced stage when treatment options are limited, scientists at Somalogic Inc. set out to find ways to detect it at an earlier stage. The goal of...
View ArticleNew Science Part Three Mesothelioma Genetic Link
It’s long been suspected that a person’s genetics play a role in determining susceptibility to the development of mesothelioma following exposure to asbestos fibers. The suspicion caused the U.S....
View ArticleMesothelioma Death Count Rising in Minnesota
In a health study of Taconite Workers in Iron Range, Minnesota, the number of citizens who died of mesothelioma is higher than they reported a year ago – up from 63 to 82. Researchers found the...
View ArticleLandfill Contaminated With Asbestos
Elbert County in Denver, CO has a unique asbestos abatement project to tackle – that of a public landfill and trash compactor site. The site has historically been used to dispose of roofing and...
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Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in VA Power Plant
Asbestos When repairs were needed on an old nuclear power plant in Surry, VA, contract workers were called in to do the work. Hundreds of workers were hired including electricians, pipe fitters,...
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Some Asbestos Cases Just Got Easier in PA
Asbestos Both plaintiffs and defendants in asbestos lawsuits agree that asbestoscauses 80 to 90 percent of all mesothelioma cases. You would think that it naturally follows that 80 to 90 percent of...
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Asbestos Campaign to Resume in UK Next Year
Asbestos A successful series of UK advertisements that helped spread the word about the dangers of asbestos but saw its funding cut last year is set to return in 2012. According to The Daily Mirror,...
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Mesothelioma Lawsuits Against Garlock May Require Immediate Action
Mesothelioma Lawsuits Thousands of individuals who claim their mesothelioma diagnosis was caused by asbestos products manufactured by Garlock Sealing Technologies may only have a few weeks to provide...
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